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Help Daniel keep the the Harvest Pantry pantry stocked

Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Contagem.

🇧🇷 32018-528, Contagem, Minas Gerais, Brazil1,528 views
Daniel Paulo Andrade
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Contagem
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Saturday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 17 families, and now we feed 337 each week. Donations have dropped by about 60% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 10 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Contagem market and keep every receipt. Each $15 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $800 goes: • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $230 • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $390 • Baby formula and diapers: $180 I hope life is good to you.

Updates from Daniel

  1. Thank you all. We're at 54% now ($435). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts.

  2. Small update. $290 so far, I made the first payment toward rice, beans, flour and oil.

  • Annelie F. Fourie 🇿🇦 · $5
  • Sarah Julia Walter 🇩🇪 · $50
  • Serenity K. Harper 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Owen F. Navarro 🇺🇸 · $43
  • Rohit A. Mishra 🇮🇳 · $5
  • Michelle C. Peters 🇬🇧 · $77

    “Happy to help. Thought of Daniel all day after reading this. - Manchester”

  • Harsha Prasanna Zoysa 🇱🇰 · $20

    “Stay strong. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Kandy”

  • Zaid Zakaria Yassin 🇲🇦 · $10
  • Kinsley Stewart 🇦🇺 · $16
  • Craig Powell 🇬🇧 · $20

    “Praying for you. Been where you are, it gets better. - Nottingham”

  • Gang Zhang 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Tanvir Mizanur Karim 🇧🇩 · $20
  • Theophilus Samuel Adjei 🇬🇭 · $10
  • Eli N. Navarro 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Lakmal Jagath Samarasinghe 🇱🇰 · $20
  • Asma Sawsan Tannous 🇸🇦 · $30

    “Hope this helps. Thought of Daniel all day after reading this. - Riyadh”

  • Sophie Martine Joly 🇫🇷 · $10
  • Willem K. Jones 🇿🇦 · $50
  • Fadi Osama Shaker 🇸🇦 · $50

    “You got this. Shared with friends too. - Medina”

  • Iwan Galih Nugroho 🇮🇩 · $50

    “Thought of Daniel all day after reading this. - Jakarta Selatan”

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  • So sorry you're going through this. Hope you get there. I'm in construction myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.

    • Praying for you, Daniel. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Depok

      • Sending love. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Sent it to 37 people at work!

        • Thinking of you, Daniel. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. God bless.

          • More neighborhoods should do this. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Heliopolis

            • Hope it all works out. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Awka.

              • thinking of you and your family, Daniel. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Riverside!

                • Shared it with a few friends. We're a small family in Kyiv but we're thinking of you. All the best.

                  • Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Thủ Đức!

                    • Wishing you the best, Daniel. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Nairobi

                      • Best of luck, Daniel. Shared this with my family. After 16 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

                        • Sending love. Your post was clear and honest. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Mombasa.

                          • Great idea, hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Greetings from Memphis

                            • Thinking of you, Daniel. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of Contagem.

                              • Shared it with a few friends. I have a 9 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Contagem.

                                • Thinking of you and your family, Daniel. It takes guts to ask. Well done

                                  • Nina VogtID verified

                                    Hope it all works out. More neighborhoods should do this. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best.

                                    • Good luck. Your post was clear and honest. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Contagem.

                                      • Take care. I hope things turn around soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Faisalabad.

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